Moura Lympany

It was Cameron who suggested that she adopt a stage name for the concert and a Russian diminutive of the name Mary, Moura, along with an old spelling of her mother's maiden name, Limpenny, were chosen.

She went on to study in Vienna with Paul Weingarten, and in London with Mathilde Verne,[2] who had been a pupil of Clara Schumann and Tobias Matthay.

The rehearsal of this piece was recorded and broadcast on Ed Sullivan's television show, at that time called Toast of the Town.

The flyer announcing her appearance contains a quote from the Los Angeles Herald & Express: "Since the days of Clara Schumann and Teresa Carreño, there have been few women pianists who could be counted among the great.

Last night Moura Lympany gave evidence of possessing qualities which place her high among her historic colleagues.

In 1979, fifty years after making her debut, she performed at the Royal Festival Hall for Charles, Prince of Wales.

[8] One of Lympany's last public functions was as a juror for the Ninth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition held in Texas in May/June 1993.

[10] A succession of reissues of Lympany archive recordings has contributed to both maintaining her reputation and introducing her to post-LP generations including CDs issued by Dutton (Mozart K.414 and K.467), Ivory Classics (Mendelssohn, Litolff, Liszt), Olympia (Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev), Pristine Audio (Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No.